Surah Luqman: Ayat 15 – 16 - SISTERSNOTES

‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬ Surah Luqman & Islamic Etiquettes VI 04 April 2013

Surah Luqman: Ayat 15 – 16 ٌ۬ ۡ‫ج ُع ُُم‬ ِ ‫وإِن ج ٰـهداك عل ٰ ٰٓى أن ُت ۡش ِرك ِبى ما ل ۡيس لك ِبهِۦ ِع ۡل ٌ۬م فَل ُتطِ ۡع ُهماۖ وَاح ِۡب ُهما فِى للد ۡنۡيا م ۡع ُرو افاۖ ول بت ِب ۡۡ س ِبيَ م ۡن أۡاَ إِل بىۚ ُُ بم إِل بى م ۡر‬ )٥١( ‫فأُۡ ِّب ُئڪُم ِبما ُُۡ ُتمۡ ت ۡعملُون‬

But if they (both) strive with you to make you join in worship with Me others that of which you have no knowledge, then obey them not, but behave with them in the world kindly, and follow the path of him who turns to Me in repentance and in obedience. Then to Me will be your return, and I shall tell you what you used to do. (15)

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Notice that the advice is being given to the child because if you reform the youth, then it will make the society upright. The rights of Allah are more than any other human being, even parents, but what are the conditions when you can disobey the parents? It can be found in this ayah. (‫)وإِن ج ٰـهداك‬: And if they both strive against you. They are putting a lot of effort to make you do something and using different means. To do what? (‫ )عل ٰ ٰٓى أن ُت ۡش ِرك بِى ما ل ۡيس لك بِهِۦ ِع ۡل ٌ۬م‬to join in worship with Me others that of which you have no knowledge. They are using different and difficult ways, like scolding, screaming, etc to make you commit shirk – to associate with Allah another partner. And the child does not even have knowledge about this. Regarding halal and haram, you have to follow that Allah commanded because you will be held accountable for it. Non-religion related matters you have to obey your parents. They will not tell you directly to disobey Allah, they will make you do something haram. Sometimes they will make you do things you have no knowledge about, but you should obey Allah first. So what will you do? 1. (‫)فَل ُتطِ ۡع ُهم ۖا‬: do not obey them. Do not obey them when they tell you to go against what is halal and haram. And look it does not say to be undutiful to them, it just says to not obey them. If you are seeking Allah’s pleasure before the people, then Allah will make the people around you accepting of you. But if you are seeking the pleasure of the people before Allah, then Allah will make the people around you not accepting of you. ٌ۬ 2. (‫)وَاح ِۡب ُهما فِى للد ۡنۡيا م ۡع ُرو اف ۖا‬: And accompany them in goodness in this life. Sometimes people who become religious more than their parents, become very rude to them and always arguing with them. This is not the way. Allah tells us to still respect them and be companions to them. You speak, go out with them, talk with them. If they make you commit a sin, then do not obey them, but don’t go overboard by misbehaving. When you are obeying your parents for the sake of Allah, this is one of the gates of paradise. If you have your parents with you, it is a means for paradise, so woe to the person who has his parents in paradise and he does not accompany them. Meaning he was undutiful. If they shout at you, scream at you – you still need to tolerate them. But if they are commanding you to do sin, who will support you? 3. (ۚ‫)ول بت ِب ۡۡ س ِبيَ م ۡن أۡاَ إِل بى‬: And follow the way of who has returned to Me. The youth want a bond with a group or follow something. (ۡ‫ )ول بت ِب‬is to follow in the command tense. You cannot inherit religion. You need to follow a correct source.(َ‫ ) س ِبي‬way, (َ‫ )أۡا‬is returned back. (‫ )إِل بى‬to Allah. So you need to follow the way of the muneebeen (‫)المنيبين‬. Those who Page 1


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returned back to Allah and did not follow their desires. Meaning the righteous people. It did not say mutaqeen or muhsineen. If it said that, then it would be too difficult to follow – these are too high of ranks at this stage. It is saying that there are people making mistakes, but they return back to Allah. So when giving advice don’t make the expectations so high to the rank of mutaqeen. Make it to a reachable level that is suitable for your audience.  Return back to Allah: when performing obedience you are returning to Allah and when performing disobedience and you repent, you are returning back to Allah. When you return back to Allah, even for worship, you need to be sincere.  (‫)اتباع للمؤمۡين المستسلمون المۡيبين هلل‬: follow the group of believers who have surrendered and returned back to Allah. There is nothing greater to be guided to the correct guidance and to have the right companionship and support system. If your heart is grown to the love and pleasure of Allah, then you will see that your body will follow too. You are what you follow. ( ۡ‫ج ُع ُُم‬ ِ ‫) ُُ بم إِل بى م ۡر‬: And then (sooner or later) you will return to back to Me. You as a whole, soul and body, will return back to Allah and will be in front of Allah. So all of us, together with our parents, we will all be in that position. So when we know that we will be in this state in our final destination, why do we not return our hearts back to Allah in this life?? Subhan Allah. So when the hearts returns back to Allah now, we will return back happy and honored to have that final meeting and Allah will be happy too. And if we turned our hearts away in this life, then our final return will be a humiliating one in front of our Creator.  Why will we return back to Allah?  To see the ability of Allah (‫)قدرة هللا‬  Accountability (‫)الحساب‬  Recompense (‫)الجزاء‬ What is the wisdom behind the return? (‫)فأُۡ ِّب ُئڪُم بِما ُُۡ ُتمۡ ت ۡعملُون‬: then I will inform you of what you used to do. (‫ )نبأ‬is to inform with big and heavy news. So Allah will tell you your recompense for what you used to do in this life. ‫لهللۚ ُ إِنب ب‬ ‫ت ِبہا ب‬ ُ ‫ي ٰـ ُبۡ بى إِ بۡہا ٰٓ إِن ت‬ ِ ‫ض ي ۡأ‬ ِ ‫سم ٰـوٲ‬ )٥١( ‫لهلل لطِ يٌ خ ِب ٌ۬ير‬ ِ ‫ت أ ۡو فِى ۡلۡل ۡر‬ ‫ك م ُِۡقاَ ح بب ٌ۬ ٍة ِّم ۡن خ ۡرد ٌٍَ۬ فت ُُن فِى َ ۡخر ٍة أ ۡو فِى لل ب‬

"O my son! If it be (anything) equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens or in the earth, Allâh will bring it forth. Verily, Allâh is Subtle (in bringing out that grain), Well¬Aware (of its place). (16)

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ُ ‫)ي ٰـ ُبۡ بى إِ بۡہا ٰٓ إِن ت‬: O my son! If it be (anything) equal to the weight of a grain of (ٌٍَ۬ ‫ك م ُِۡقاَ ح بب ٌ۬ ٍة ِّم ۡن خ ۡرد‬ mustard seed. This is advice from Luqman to his son that Allah is well-aware of all that you do, nothing is hidden from Allah. (‫ )إِ بۡہا‬is referring to the good deeds you did, bad deeds you, or the ُ ‫ )إِن ت‬if it will be (َ‫ )م ُِۡقا‬the weight of (ٍَ ‫ )خ ۡرد‬a mustard seed. Where will it be? provision you want (‫ك‬

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ِ ‫سم ٰـوٲ‬ (‫ض‬ ِ ‫ت أ ۡو فِى ۡلۡل ۡر‬ ‫)فت ُُن فِى َ ۡخر ٍة أ ۡو فِى لل ب‬: if it is in a rock, or in the heavens or in the earth. This is a parable to show his son that he should be sensitive to even the smallest of things, be it the good and bad deeds, and provision. Even if that seed is between a rock, or up in the heavens (and imagine how huge the heavens are relative to a mustard seed) or in the earth. Even if you are alone Allah will see you committing a sin, and if you want something there is nothing difficult on Allah. Page 2


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‫ت ِبہا ب‬ ِ ‫)ي ۡأ‬: Allah will bring it forth. (‫ت‬ ِ ‫)ي ۡأ‬: ‫ قادر عليها‬+ ‫علمها‬, this means that Allah is well-aware of it and (ُ ۚ‫لهلل‬ He is able to bring it forth to you. Meaning the good deed you did no matter how small it may be, Allah will bring it visually in front of you on the Day of Judgement. Similarly, the bad deed you committed now, no matter how small it might be, Allah will bring it forth to you to see. And your provision whatever it might be and wherever it might be, Allah will bring it to you even if it is in the middle of the rock. If it is in your provision to have 1dh, it will come to you even if it is in the bottom of the sea. So don’t worry, it is a guarantee from Allah that your provision will come to you. Be it wealth or people. ‫)إِنب ب‬: Verily Allah is most-kind and most-knowledgeable. Even in Allah’s knowledge, He is (‫لهلل لطِ يٌ خ ِب ٌ۬ير‬ Most Gentle and Subtle. He knows the finest mysteries and finest details, nothing is hidden from Allah. (‫ )يوصلك للهدف بألطف االسباب‬He will make you reach your goal with the most gentle and most subtle of ways. Subhan Allah. This is the intricacy of the dealings of Allah, it is so amazing and so humbling, in ways we would never have imagined. Subhan Allah and alhamd Allah. Sometimes you go places and meet people not knowing that it was a means to something other than what you thought. Allah knows the consequence of all matters. What you speak, what you think, what you do – Allah is All-Aware of this and knows why you did what you did, what you were thinking, and what is in your heart. This is Al-Khabeer (‫)خبِير‬.

Islamic Etiquettes – Manners of Sleeping (‫)آداَ الۡوم‬ When we sleep, we do it so that it comforts us and brings strength for us. And you can make this a worship by sleeping so that you can fulfill your obedience of Allah.

1. Close your door before sleeping (‫)اغالق االبواب قبل النوم‬: say bismAllah as you are closing the doors so that the shaitan does not enter. Because the shaitan cannot enter a closed door and bism Allah has been said. 2. Extinguish any burning items before sleeping (‫)اطفاء المصابيح و النار قبل النوم‬: like candles or lanterns, etc. 3. Sleep in a state of wudu (‫)وضوء قبل النوم‬: this is not required but it is sunnah. The virtue is an angel will make a dua’a for you while being in a state of wudu. Or maybe a person might die in his sleep, so that at least he dies in a state of wudu. Also whoever sleeps in wudu, then the shaitan will not bother him in his dreams, because it is said that the shaitan comes when there is uncleanliness. 4. Dust off the bed 3 times (‫)نفض الفراش قبل النوم‬: before sleeping or if away for awhile and say ‘bism Allah’ because you do not know what is on the bed. 5. Sleep on the right side and place your right hand under your cheek ( ‫النوم على الشق االيمن و وضع الخد على‬ ‫)اليد اليمنى‬: they say if you sleep on this side, then it will be easy for you to wake up for fajr. If you sleep on the left side, they you are placing heavy weight on the heart, making it difficult to wake up. At least begin your sleep in this manner, it is ok to turn to the left side during the sleep. 6. Read something from the Quran (‫)قراءة شيء من القرآن‬: a. Ayat Al Kursi (‫)آية الكرسي‬: you will have a guard from the angels protecting you b. Recite last 3 surahs of the Quran (‫)المعوذات‬: you will hold your palms together and you recite the 3 last surahs, then you blow into your palms, and then wipe over your body.

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And you repeat this for 3 times. When you do this it will protect you during your sleep. It is not only for before going to sleep, but also possible when sick too. c. Surah Al Kafirroon (‫)سورة الكافرون‬: there is a hadith when you read this, corrected by Alabani, that when you read this surah you will not commit shirk. d. Surah Al Mulk (‫)سورة الملك‬: it will intercede for the reciter until of his sins are forgiven on Day of Judgement. e. Last two ayahs of Surah Al Baqarah (‫)خواتيم سورة البقرة‬: the one who recites this it will be sufficient for him, meaning sufficient from diseases, desires, worries. Allah will take care of your affairs. Reading some supplications and remembrance (‫)قراءة بعض االدعية و االذكار‬: a. In your name Oh Allah I die and I am brought to life (‫)باسمك اللهم اموت و احيا‬ b. Oh Allah protect us from Your punishment when You resurrect Your slaves ( ‫ربنا قنا عذابك‬ ‫)يوم تبعث عبادك‬ When seeing a dream what to say and do (‫)ما يراه النائم و ما يقوله و يفعله‬: a. When you see a good dream, then it is from Allah, and you should only tell the people you love, not everyone. b. Bad dreams are from the shaitan, you need to turn to your left, seek refuge in Allah from the shaitan (‫ )أعوذ باهلل من الشيطان الرجيم‬and spit 3 times. Forbidden to sleep on the stomach or face (‫)كراهية النوم على البطن و الوجه‬: there is a hadith that the people of hellfire sleep on their stomachs, so we don’t to resemble this. Even for the babies, do not let them sleep on the stomach, best is on the side. If you wake up in the middle of the night and say (There is not god but Allah alone, He has no partner, for Him is the Ownership, and for Him is all praise and He is able to do all things. Alhamd Allah, Subhan Allah, La Ilaha Ila Allah, Allah Akbar, And there is no might or power only with Allah) ( ‫ ال االه اال‬،‫ سبحان هللا‬،‫ الحمد هللا‬،‫ له الملك و له الحمد و هو على كل شيء قدير‬،‫ ال االه اال هللا وحده ال شريك له‬:‫اذا تعار في الليل‬ ‫ و ال حول و ال قوة اال باهلل‬،‫ هللا اكبر‬،‫)هللا‬: after saying this you can make any dua’a like oh Allah forgive me, guide me, etc Allah will accept it and if you make wudu and pray 2 units, Allah will surely accept it. What to say when waking up, ‘All Praise be to Allah for having brought us back to life after making us to and to Him we will be resurrected’ (‫)يقوله النائم اذا استيقظ 'الحمد هللا الذي احيانا بعد اذ اماتنا و اليه النشور‬: because sleep is considered a minor death, so we thank Allah that we are allowed to live another day.

Oh Allah, increase us in guidance and keep us on the way of guidance until the last moment of our lives. We ask Allah subhana wa ta’ala for His forgiveness and His Mercy. Anything that is good from these notes is from Allah subhana wa ta’ala. Any mistakes & misrepresentations are my own. I ask Allah subhana wa ta’ala for His forgiveness and to put forgiveness in the hearts of those who read them. Ameen ya Rabb Al ‘Alameen.

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